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the Kwantung Army of Japan invades Manchuria immediately after the Mukden Incident. After the war japan establishes a puppet state of Manchuko
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President Paul von Hindenburg appoints Hitler. Hitler gains power.
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A mass-scale murder, wartime rape, looting arson and a bunch of other war crimes against civilians in Nanking, China
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A settlement that permitted German annexation of the Sudentenland, in western Czechoslovakia.
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a pogrom against jews carried out by the nazi's Sturmabteilung paramilitary forces along with Civilians through germany.
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Germany and the Soviet Union sign an agreement to not take military action against each other for 10 years.
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Germany invades poland, starting the domino effect of ww2.
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Paris falls to German forces.
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Allies were losing the battle of France and Dunkirk their last defense evacuation.
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The germans bombing campaign towards london.
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FDR passed the law that made the first peace time draft to europe.
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The Germans invaded the Soviet Union.
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A surprise attack by the Japanese Imperial Navy on a US naval base in Hawaii. The attack killed 2403 US personnel.
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the forced transfer of 60,000 to 80,000 American and Filipino prisoners of war. prisoners were forced to march until they died.
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A naval battle between the US and Japan.
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Germany and their Allies take an offensive on the Soviet Union to Control the city of Stalingrad
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the invasion of Normandy.
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A major German offensive in western Europe. This attack only halted the allied forces for a short amount of time.
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the meeting of FDR, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin.
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The United States marine corps capture the island of Iwo Jima from the Imperial Japanese army.
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A major battle in the Pacific war on the island of Okinawa.
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A big news event that took the world by storm
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both the united states and Britain celebrate the victory in Europe.
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an American B-29 bomber drops the first bomb in Hiroshima Japan.
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the United States celebrates its victory over Japan.
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